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Recent Examples of outcrop
More than 200 Rangers fought vertically – up the sheer cliff face of Pointe du Hoc, a craggy outcropping overlooking the two American landing beaches – in an effort to capture what was thought to be a key location of German artillery.
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James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
This exclusive, discrete resort (no photos allowed) consists of a series of bungalows set around a private lagoon, whose waters are protected from the waves by a rock outcropping dotted with deluxe beach chairs.
—Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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James Sandy, The Conversation, 21 May 2024
Because it is situated on a limestone outcropping on the ridge of a tectonic plate, the soil contains ancient seabeds and a rich combination of minerals.
—Patricia Cohen Violette Franchi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
The reefs that outcropped in Johannesburg extend deep underground, making up part of the Witwatersrand basin, a geological formation that stretches in an arc two hundred and fifty miles long.
—Kimon De Greef, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
This exclusive, discrete resort (no photos allowed) consists of a series of bungalows set around a private lagoon, whose waters are protected from the waves by a rock outcropping dotted with deluxe beach chairs.
—Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcrop
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Unlike conventional search engines, Constructor’s platform is built from the ground up with AI for commerce, leveraging petabytes of commerce-specific data to predict and surface the most attractive products for each shopper.—
Andrea Wasserman,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The following day, an image of a faux Mount Rushmore featuring Eminem, Paul Wall, Russ, and the late Mac Miller (the original rappers proposed to be on the fictional monument) surfaced on social media.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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So this could be a great time to break out the telescope and binoculars to get a closer look.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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There was little doubt Devers was going to break out eventually, but the depths of his struggles early on were astounding.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Single-family housing starts rose 11.4 percent in February, the highest rate in a year, but are primarily happening in just one part of the country.—
Sylvan Lane,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The country’s Kospi stock index rose 0.56% after the announcement, while the won weakened 0.58% to trade at 1,422 against the dollar.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The total number of student visas issued peaked in 2015, when nearly 1 million visas were approved.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement The recent assaults by the Trump administration on American colleges and universities were exemplified by the demands issued to Harvard University in an April 11 letter.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
19 Apr. 2025
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The six-person crew emerged from a staging hanger around 8:00 a.m. CDT with family and friends lining a small pathway, cheering and giving high-fives as the crew made their way to the launch site.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Several new details emerged from the digital analysis, many of them corroborating passenger accounts, BBC News reported.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Outcrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcrop. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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